Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

